London Nights' Entertainments: Forming a New Edition, with Additions, of Tales and Confessions, Volume 1Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833 |
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... parties under arrest ; till at length , by the persuasions of their friends - not friends by blood - and the representation of the magis- trates , they shook hands , and each pledged his honour to forget at least never again to remember ...
... parties under arrest ; till at length , by the persuasions of their friends - not friends by blood - and the representation of the magis- trates , they shook hands , and each pledged his honour to forget at least never again to remember ...
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... party . When the first warmth of greeting was over , and the " How are yous " and " How have you beens " were all proposed and answered - when the badness of the roads and weather was fully discussed , and the goodness of the late ...
... party . When the first warmth of greeting was over , and the " How are yous " and " How have you beens " were all proposed and answered - when the badness of the roads and weather was fully discussed , and the goodness of the late ...
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... parties ' disinclination to talk , or to their having nothing to say , but simply to their having something to do . Brandy , however , will open the most stubborn lips , and what is better , it will soften the most obdurate hearts ...
... parties ' disinclination to talk , or to their having nothing to say , but simply to their having something to do . Brandy , however , will open the most stubborn lips , and what is better , it will soften the most obdurate hearts ...
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... party , " by the powers , but am I vexed for the so- tary watch you have had ! " Kathleen laughed , and Michael jumping up to introduce himself to the pa- ternal spirit , was as intimate with him in five minutes , as if they had been ...
... party , " by the powers , but am I vexed for the so- tary watch you have had ! " Kathleen laughed , and Michael jumping up to introduce himself to the pa- ternal spirit , was as intimate with him in five minutes , as if they had been ...
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... party of the Tyrone rebels , who had been driven from their homes to seek for safety , and if possible , subsistence , among the fastnesses of the Galway hills . The former , they found , receiving a grant of lands from the proprietor ...
... party of the Tyrone rebels , who had been driven from their homes to seek for safety , and if possible , subsistence , among the fastnesses of the Galway hills . The former , they found , receiving a grant of lands from the proprietor ...
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Page 194 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 187 - O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called ; which some professing have erred concerning the faith.
Page 17 - M'Pherson sunk slowly and firmly on his knee, and while Grant suddenly started back, stooping to take the supposed advantage, whirled him over his head into the gulf : M'Pherson himself fell backwards, his body partly hanging over the rock : a fragment gave way beneath...
Page 170 - What mortal eye can fix'd behold? Who stalks his round, an hideous form, Howling amidst the midnight storm ; Or throws him on the ridgy steep Of some loose hanging rock to sleep...
Page 15 - Its sides are in some places covered with trees of a considerable size ; and the passenger, who has a head steady enough to look down the precipice, may see the eyries of birds of prey beneath his feet.
Page 16 - When the Grant prostrates himself before M'Pherson,'' answered the other, " it must be with a sword driven through his body." "Turn back, then," said Bendearg,
Page 13 - ... of their hereditary enemies. But in our own day the progress of civilization, which had reached even these wild countries — the heart of the North Highlands — although it could not extinguish entirely the transmitted spirit of revenge, at least kept it within safe bounds, and the...
Page 200 - ... apparently pretty much in the same circumstances, although unable, from their number and the darkness, to reckon as instantaneously the amount of the loss or damage, after giving three cheers of triumph, retired in good order. William Morrison, after discharging his duty so manfully, was permitted to go on shore the same evening, to visit his friends ; and, indeed, the captain could not have known before that he belonged to the place, as he surely would not have confided to the lad so unpopular...
Page 14 - There is a narrow pass between two mountains in the neighbourhood of Bendearg, well known to the traveller who adventures into these wilds in quest of the savage sublimities of nature. At a little distance it has the appearance of an immense artificial bridge thrown over a...
Page 16 - Go back yourself, if you like it," replied Grant, " I will not be the first of my name to turn before the M'Pherson.